Phoenix Fire rescues stranded motorists on flooded street

By Cooper Rummell | August 12, 2014 at 8:09 pmUPDATED: August 12, 2014 at 8:33 pm

PHOENIX — Phoenix firefighters have rescued at least 11 people stuck inside their cars as a flash flood has turned the area of 19th Avenue and Dobbins into a river.

Capt. Ruben Saavedra said the water is racing down the roads and these drivers never had a chance to make it through.

“This water came on so quick with the storm and with there being a wash there and…also a canal there, the water just pretty much absorbed that area,” he explained. “So I imagine people were trying to make it home and the water just overwhelmed them.”

Saavedra said 10 of the drivers are fine, but one person was taken to a hospital after he suffered from some sort of a medical condition while waiting for rescuers.